6 - Wednesday, May 1, 1985 - North Shore News

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“ . cemetery at Bitburg does little credit to
thase who sparked it. -
The visit was conceived as 2 gesture of i in-
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Jating too long

he furor over President Reagan’s plann-

‘anniversary of the end of World War Two. .
‘West . ‘Germany’s. post-war’ record as. an”
a key’
member of NATO and. powerhouse of the

, . Waftes-Ss nthe Pres it was admittedly unfor- a

stilt in pm ot be

1.-And @ en though ©

:But_ Dr.
. an- SEU education professor,

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sided western peace movement by a.Simon -

k a CURVE BALL has been pitched at the lop:

. Fraser University professor who believes the

classroom, as distinct from mass marches, is the only .

sure route.to world sanity.

' Traditionally, the aim of

. “education systems ‘has been

to produce ‘the kind of peo-
ple acceptable to. the social
organism: running the

" system.

The. Catholic . Church
grasped this.centuries ago

- when it founded the Jesuit

teaching order (“give us a
child Sy ‘age six and we'll
have him for life’), And
hen¢e,.’ naturally;:"the stark
differences between ‘western
education systems and those
.of Communist dictatorships.
Maurice Gibbons,

has a much broader and

: more inspiring concept.

“He’s calling: fora. univer-

school . curriculum © --

country. on..earth and.  dif-
ott :

ently'in existence. .

Ultimately, - he envisages
identical -.study courses -. ia
chools from... Vancouver. to
Viadivostok, from

|. Stockholm to Santiago, built

if B.C. Transit,” wtiich

* prepares. an“Annual Service

Pian for transportation ‘ ser-
vices in the Lower Mainland,
has its way, there will be

severe cuts in bus service in
- North Vancouver.

One. such ‘cut will affect
Pemberton Heights; where it
is proposed that, as of June,
1985, evening services be
reduced from every hour at
present to every two hours.
On Sundays, it is proposed
that 4 trips be operated in-
stead of the present 16. The
estimated ridership lost will

around four basic principles:
- © Global citizenship before
all other, affiliations...’

© Membership in the fami: *

ly of: the peoples of the

world. -

© Responsibility for the - |

stewardship of Earth.

* Peaceful cooperation in.’

both the solution of interna-
tional

as a planetary people. .. oe

What he’s talking‘about is

producing the kind ‘of citi-

zens that tomorrow’s world »
(not just its component: na-
: tion-states) needs. If ever his

dream materializes, it’s ab-

vious that war, nuclear arms -

and’ pollution. will become
mere footnotes to history,

Dr. Gibbons has already .

problems. and: the ‘
development of our potential:

gritty of ‘the. project.
practical
course, are. ‘mind-boggling.

found enough support for 90° >"

his dream™:to launch an
organization® ‘called World
Citizens for a Universal
Curriculum,’ with some 100
Lower Mainland principals,

teachers and. parents now.
getting down. to the nitty-.

| LETTER OF THE DAY
| Transit cuts threaten

: ‘Dear’ Editor

be approximately 50% or a
total of 5,000 per annum.

As a result of proposed
changes in the Westivnn area,
a further 5,500 rides will be
fost. In addition, there will be
general cuts on days. follow-
ing holidays plus changes
which will see the elimination
of 4232 between Phibbs Ex-
change and Kootenay Loop.

All this is done ia the name
of efficiency and saving of
taxpayers’ money. There is
nothing wrong, of course,
with making changes for the
sake of i improvement of ser-
vices but “it is one thing to

By comparison, the’ ‘Geneva
arms talks look almost ‘sim-
‘ple: Bo

Andy- Neuman,- ‘principal
of North’ Van’s Ridgeway

"_Elementary School and a key
WCUC organizer; has no il:

make the system more » effi.

cient. It is quite another to
eliminate services and set in
motion a chain reaction
which will ultimately lead to
the elimination of any decent

bus service in North
. Vancouver, _ s
The scenario’ is all too

familiar. First you cut ser-
vices because the ‘‘ridership
is mot adequate’, This
reduces the ridership even
further, which results in more
cuts, eventually resulting in
the elimination of the public
transportation system
altogether. sae

“The :
problems,: of :

. parochial,

> that:

f

Vie.

Mei

Ql

Veultural,s-social and
economic: hurdles to: be
cleared. ‘‘A global. cur-
riculum,"? he says, ‘would

-} have to. be negotiated: ‘a5 rig-

the logic: of the plan’
clear as it's refreshing,

thought. patterns:
-anew.world civili
best it can now dois hang on
and hope. But,: says Dr,
Gibbons, it: makes: sense
the” .divisions :. which
threaten’ our existence could
be - eliminated *: Jwe, could
- cooperate in the preparation
ofa curriculum which would
give, children. in. every coun:

“tty common objectives. yyy

In’ short, it’s the kids
who'll have to’ save us..With
their’ heads: rather! than itheir
feet. 5 : .

The maintenance of ade:

- quate service will) be. par-
ticularly important for the
North Vancouver business
community if, they vare to

“cash in’ on the potential
provided by Expo, not to
mention the need for an ade-

. quate bus system:for the peo-

ple of North . Vancouver
themselves. . :

B.C. Transit and “their
masters’ must be toid,. in no
uncertain terms, that: cuts in
service cannot be tolerated.

Ernie Crist, Alderman 7
North Van District... .

‘tusions about ‘the daunting ‘

Time is: fast running out)
+ for the present. adult genera-
tion -- schooled in the old
nationalistic
‘to. create